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This list of residency interview questions is the result of one of Phi Lambda Sigma (PLS), Beta Beta Chapters
professional development initiatives for fellow UCSF School of Pharmacy students. Each year PLS surveys pharmacy
students who had residency interview about what questions they were asked. Below is a summary of those survey
responses, bundled by question type. For the full document, The Students Guide to Savvy Residency Interviewing, contact
PLS directly at: http://www.ucsf.edu/pls/.
29. What other programs have you interviewed at?
30. Define your strengths/weaknesses questions.
31. What is one characteristic you would change about yourself.
32. What makes you stand out amongst other applicants?
33. How are you different from the other candidates?
34. How will you contribute to our organization?
35. What other programs did you apply to? Why did you apply to them? How many other programs have you
interviewed at
Clinical questions.
36. Talk about one of your journal clubs.
37. Tell me about your presentation on
38. Prioritize 3 clinical situations.
39. If you were in code blue and had another one go off, what would you do?
40. A patient comes in with hypotension. What do you do?
41. You have a patient who has been on Lovenox and Warfarin for 5 days already. The patient is still subtherapeutic.
What do you do?
42. Patient comes in w/ hypotension, what do you do? (In community setting)
43. Hypokalemia - patient has K = 3, what do you do? When to start IV drip?
44. Patient is taking Fluoxetine, birth control pills, Saint John's Wort and has an amox Rx - do you fill it?
45. What are some concerns about switching between two drugs in the same class?
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46. It is July 5 and patient comes in to the outpatient clinic for checkup. INR = 4.7 -- what do you tell him?
47. Expect medication reconciliation questions.
48. Please identify which drugs need to be dose adjusted renally (a list is provided)
49. What are 5 drugs to avoid in the elderly - Dr. Beers' criteria. What are 5 factors that influence PT?
50. Can you give me the pros & cons for using a PTT vs. factor 10a to monitor heparin use?
51. What can cause QT prolongation other than drugs?
52. HTN - 4 lifestyle modifications; goal BP values in the general population vs. DM patient.
53. CHF - drugs, treatment
54. Counsel a patient on Warfarin.
55. Written "Pharmacist Competency Exam" - case study on a patient with DM, seizure disorder, Asthma. Questions
also included Phenytoin level, nausea, Diabetes meds, Asthma meds.
56. Written questions asking you to match the infectious organism with the antibiotic of choice.
57. Written calculation questions: for example - convert % into mcg/mL or Dobutamine drip calculation.
58. CAP - etiology, case-study, select drugs, counseling points evolving into HAP
59. DM patient - treatment, goals of lipids, monitoring, counseling.
60. Linezolid for renally insufficient patient to treat MRSA cellulites. Name cephalosporins and coverage.
61. Know Heparin, HIT, Xigris, Nessirtide, and Anticoagulation.
62. Talk about Febrile Neutropenia, and Amphotericin.
63. Talk about the antibiotic spectrum.
64. What is Gentamicins goal peak and trough?
65. What do you think about Vioxx
66. Give recommendations on how to prevent ADRs & medication errors in the outpatient & inpatient settings
67. How would you set up an ambulatory clinic for diabetes (or any other long-term diseases)?
74. What would you do if your team did not accept your recommendation? If it was a life threatening situation, and you
did your research, and they still dont accept it what then?
75. What would you do if you were faced with a medication error where the patient is given the wrong medication?
76. Would you say youre a leader or a follower?
77. Do your see yourself working in a team?
78. What is your role in your current rotation?
79. How do you deal with an uncomfortable situation? Want more help?
80. Tell me about one hardship you faced during a clinical rotation and how you
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81. Describe a hasty (and perhaps incorrect) decision you made, and how you about:
handled it.
82. Describe a time when you were overwhelmed and how you overcame it. Creating a game plan to
83. Suppose you had an unmotivated student, what would you do as the preceptor? prepare for your
84. Give one of your most significant clinical interventions during your rotation interview
experience. What to wear and what
85. Tell me a horror story about working community pharmacy. (Remember, of your to bring to an interview
3-minute answer, only 30 seconds should be used to describe the situation the Also, you can practice
rest should focus on focus on your response on what you thought about it, how you interviewing skills
you handled it, or what you learned from the experience.) with a career counselor.
86. What leadership skills that you think pharmacists need and why? (Hint: ability to Just call us at
communicate, address conflict and work in teams probably should be on the list.) 476.4986 to schedule
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Quirky questions that also seek to understand your values, interests and perspective.
95. What is your most prized possession? If you were a drug, which drug would you be and why?
96. If you were an animal, which animal would you be and why?
97. What makes you a better applicant than others?
98. What do professional organizations do?
100. Do you think grades that anything to do with how well you perform in clerkships
101. Do you think grades that anything to do with how well you perform in your career?
102. If you were stuck on Mars, what 2 drugs would you bring?
103. Is there anything we have not talked about that you would like to discuss?
104. Commitment to the profession/Understanding of the profession
105. What was the last pharmacy related article that you read recently?
106. What do you do outside of school to learn and contribute to the profession of pharmacy?
107. What are the implications of the recently enacted Medicare Modernization Act that took effect in 2006?
108. What is one interesting issue facing pharmacy today?
109. What do you think is a major problem facing our profession?
110. What do professional organizations do?